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VLAN Explained

VLAN stands for virtual local area network a VLAN is a local area network where the computers servers and other network devices are logically connected regardless of their physical location so even if these devices are scattered in different places it wouldn't matter because a VLAN can logically group them into separate virtual networks and the purpose of a VLAN is for improved security traffic management and to make a network simpler so as an example let's say you have a three-story office building and in this building you have computers that belong to certain departments that are mixed in with computers that belong to other departments on the same floor so the red computers represents the accounting department the blue computers represent the shipping department and the green computers represent the support department now as you can see all these computers from these different departments are all connected to a switch so they are all on one segment on a local area network or ...

Modem vs Router - What's the difference?

hello everyone in this Article we're going to talk about the difference between a modem and a router because a lot of people actually think that a modem and a router are the same thing but they are not they are different with two separate roles on a network so I'm going to explain the difference between the two now if you want internet inside your home or business you have to have a modem a modem is what brings the Internet into your home or business a modem establishes and maintains a dedicated connection to your internet service provider to give you access to the Internet now the reason why you have to have a modem is because of it two different types of signals that are used on a computer and on the Internet a computer only reads digital signals while signals out on the internet or analog as analog data comes in from the internet the modem d modulates the incoming analog signals into a digital signal so that a computer can understand it and a modem also modulates outgoing di...